Directories
- AMA
Physician Select
http://dbapps.ama-assn.org/iwcf/iwcfmgr206/aps?22115537
- The AMA maintains this site as a reference for the general public
to allow quick access to demographic and professional information on
physicians in the U.S. You can search by name or medical specialty,
and there is a FAQ section to help, with links to other AMA pages that
provide information on current topics.
- American Hospital Directory
http://www.ahd.com/
- This directory/information database is built from information obtained
from the Health Care Financing Administration. There are free services
and subscription services to access information on hospitals, the latter
being more detailed.
- Case Management Resource Guide
http://www.cmrg.com/
- This is a huge, searchable database of over 11,000 specialty healthcare
services, facilities, businesses, and organizations with 11 for-profit
sponsors. The emphasis is on homecare and/or rehabilitation and self-care
and services or businesses that aid in that. You may also search for
companies and networks, product manuals, information and support resources,
or disease management resources. There are also articles provided by
the sponsors for continuing education credit in disease management.
- CertifiedDoctor Verification
and Locator Service
http://www.abms.org/newsearch.asp
- The American Board of Medical Specialties' Public Education Program
provides this interactive site as a physician locator and information
service. It allows you to search free of charge for board-certified
physicians who have chosen to be listed. If they are unlisted you can
still verify their certification. Besides their addresses and certifications,
hospital and health plan affiliations and links to Web pages are given
for listed physicians.
- Directory
of America's Hospitals
http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/hospitals/
- The U.S. News/American Hospital Association National Directory has
facts and figures on more than 6,000 hospitals.
- DIRLINE
http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov
- National Library of Medicine database with information on research
and health organizations.
- DocFinder
http://www.docboard.org
- Administrators in Medicine provides this health professional licensing
database, but not all states are listed for searching. Each does have
a site-link to some medical and/or osteopathic board in that state.
- HospitalWeb
http://adams.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html
- A listing of links to
hospital websites, not just of U.S. hospitals, but 48 other countries
as well, naming their cities and provinces (but no other information).
- Medical Schools
of the U.S. and Canada
http://www.aamc.org/medicalschools.htm
- This site is maintained by the Association of American Medical Colleges
and lists schools alphabetically by state or province.
- PubList
http://www.publist.com/
- This site is a directory of publications, containing a searchable
database for over 150,000 journals, magazines, newsletters, etc.
- Quality
Check
http://www.qualitycheck.org/
- From the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,
this site offers a directory of information for about 18,000 healthcare
organizations.
- Transitional
Year Program Directory
http://www.ahme.org/publications/transitional.html
- This online directory gives information on Transitional Year Residency
Programs, collected by the Council of Transitional Year Program Directors.
- United States
Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
- UPIN
Directory
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NonIdentifiableDataFiles/08_UniquePhysicianIdentificationDirectory.asp
- This directory contains a listing of all physicians' Unique Physician
Identification Number (UPIN).
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